Bettmannsäge is a village in the borough of

Regen Regen (; Northern Bavarian: ''Reng'') is a town in Bavaria, Germany, and the district town of the district of Regen. Geography Regen is situated on the great Regen River, located in the Bavarian Forest. Divisions Originally the town consiste ...

in the

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region of

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. It has a population of about 150.

Location

Bettmannsäge lies between

Zwiesel Zwiesel () is a town in the lower-Bavarian district of Regen (district), Regen, and since 1972 is a Luftkurort with particularly good air. The name of the town was derived from the Bavarian word stem which refers to the form of a fork. The fork ...

and Regen on the railway line from

Plattling Plattling is a town in the district of Deggendorf, Bavaria, Germany, on the river Isar, 9 km southwest of Deggendorf, just before it enters the Danube. Attractions Romanesque Jewel – Church Saint Jakob Romanesque pillars basilica wit ...

Bayerisch Eisenstein Bayerisch Eisenstein, until 1951 just Eisenstein () is a village and a Municipalities of Germany, municipality in the Regen (district), Regen district, in Bavaria, Germany. Geography Bayerisch Eisenstein is located within the Bavarian Forest, Ba ...

, the so-called

Bavarian Forest Railway The Bavarian Forest Railway (''Bayerische Waldbahn'' often just called the ''Waldbahn'') () links the heart of the Bavarian Forest around Regen and Zwiesel to Plattling and the Danube valley on one side, and the Czech Republic through Bayerisch E ...

History

The name of the village is derived from a large

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, which was built on the banks of the Black Regen. On 1 May 1898 it was given its own halt on the railway line. The sawmill was linked to the main line by a loading

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and a

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was used to distribute the

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to the various industrial sidings. Because the owner of the sawmill was a

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, the village was renamed during the

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on 4 October 1936 to ''Regentalsäge''. On 14 May 1950 it was renamed to ''Bettmannsäge''. After the firm was wound up in 1950 the loading siding was lifted in 1951. Bettmannsäge used to belong to the municipality of Rinchnachmündt and was incorporated with it as part of the municipal reforms on 1 May 1978 into the borough of Regen.

References

Literature

* Horst Sauer: ''Die Orte Schweinhütt, Bettmannsäge, Dreieck und Tausendbach: Ein kulturgeschichtliches Tagebuch in Berichten und Bildern.'' Agentur SSL, Grafenau, 2004. . * Walther Zeitler: ''Die bayerische Waldbahn.'' Passau, 1991, . {{DEFAULTSORT:Bettmannsage Regen (district)